Customize Validation Messages in Laravel Requests - laravel

Question

How do i customize my Validation Messages in My REQUESTS FILE?
how do i add messages next to the rules?
What i want is to put customized messages just like the common validation. Is it possible? to do just the normal way of validation in the Requests?
<?php
namespace App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Requests\Request;
class ArticleRequest extends Request
{
/**
* Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
*
* #return bool
*/
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
/**
* Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
*
* #return array
*/
public function rules()
{
return [
'title' => 'required|min:5',
'content' =>'required',
'user_id' => 'required|numeric',
'category_id' => 'required|numeric',
'published_at' => 'required|date'
];
}
}

Answer 1

You can define a messages() method with validation rules for that form request only:
class StoreArticleRequest extends Request
{
//
public function messages()
{
return [
'title.required' => 'The title is required.',
'category_id.numeric' => 'Invalid category value.',
];
}
}
It takes the form of the field name and the rule name, with a dot in between, i.e. field.rule.

Answer 2

You may customize the error messages used by the form request by
overriding the messages method. This method should return an array of
attribute / rule pairs and their corresponding error messages:
public function messages()
{
return [
'title.required' => 'A title is required',
'body.required' => 'A message is required',
];
}
https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/validation#customizing-the-error-messages

Answer 3

I use this solution to translate the field labels:
...
/**
* Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
*
* #return array
*/
public function rules()
{
return [
'title' => 'required|min:5',
'content' =>'required',
'user_id' => 'required|numeric',
'category_id' => 'required|numeric',
'published_at' => 'required|date'
];
}
/**
* Get the validation attributes that apply to the request.
*
* #return array
*/
public function attributes()
{
return [
'title' => __('app.title'),
'content' => __('app.content'),
'user_id' => __('app.user'),
'category_id' => __('app.category'),
'published_at' => __('app.published_at')
];
}